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MS. Rawl. liturg. f. 25

Summary Catalogue no.: 15764

Book of Hours, Use of Rouen

Written for a woman.

Language(s): Latin, Middle French

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

1 + 117 + 1 fol.

Dimensions (leaf): 168 × 123 mm.

Dimensions (written): 95 × 65 mm.

Layout

16 long lines.

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander i. 809:

Good miniatures.

Good borders.

Good initials.

History

Origin: c. 1500 ; French, Rouen (?)

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1966).

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 486

Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 487

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (2 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 4: Books of Hours (typescript, 1957), p. 108

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-09: Add extent, leaf dimensions and layout from van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.

A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges